...In 1980, Harmon gained a regular role in the prime time soap opera Flamingo Road, in which he played Fielding Carlisle, the husband of Morgan Fairchild's character. Despite initially good ratings, the series was canceled after two seasons. Following its cancellation, he landed the role of Dr. Robert Caldwell on the prestigious NBC Emmy-winning series St. Elsewhere in 1983. Harmon appeared in the show for almost three seasons before leaving in early 1986 when his character contracted HIV through unprotected intercourse, one of the first instances where a major recurring television character contracted the virus (the character's subsequent off-screen death from AIDS would be mentioned two years later). In the mid-1980s, Harmon also became the spokesperson for Coors Regular beer, appearing in television commercials for them.[15] Harmon's career reached several other high points in 1986. In January, he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Following his departure from St. Elsewhere in February, he played the lead in the TV movies Prince of Bel Air, co-starring with Kirstie Alley, and The Deliberate Stranger, in which he portrayed the real-life law student turned cross-country serial killer Ted Bundy. With his career blossoming, he gained a role in the 1986 theatrical film Let's Get Harry and the lead role in the 1987 comedy Summer School, again co-starring with Kirstie Alley. Returning briefly to episodic television in 1987, Harmon had a limited engagement on the series...
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...Employee Furloughs Only One Step in State Budget Recovery Another new year and another new set of challenges as the legislative session gets into gear. This year however is unlike previous ones as the recession’s full impact is only beginning to impact the state in this and future fiscal years. Like at least 36 other states in the nation, New Mexico struggles to determine how it will balance an estimated $500 plus budget shortfall. And what will be determined this session could very well serve as a new standard for state and local government operations in the years ahead. State employees are experiencing the uncomfortable reality of five unpaid furlough days in FY 2009 and the possibility of more to come. But as referenced in earlier columns, public sector employees in other states are experiencing much more pain. California, the public sector equivalent of General Motors, has roughly 200,000 plus state employees suffering through two furlough days a month since July 2009 with Governor Schwarzenegger proposing a third day being added in FY 2011 given the state revenue outlook. A listing of states engaged in employee furloughs or layoffs is now the norm, not the exception, as some 24 and counting states consider how they can reduce or minimize operating expenses through employee personnel costs. Whatever these actions may involve, they appear to be only temporary band-aids according to the Nation Governor’s Association. In a policy briefing entitled, “The State Fiscal...
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...ages of 15 and 24 have had sex with someone of the same sex. Filipino poet and critic Lilia Quindoza Santiago has speculated that Filipino culture may have a more flexible concept of gender because kasarian, the Tagalog word for "gender", is defined in less binary terms than the English word gender. Kasarian means "kind, species, or genus”. The English word gender originally also meant "kind". In the Philippines, the term gay is used in reference to any LGBT person. For Filipino gays, the Tagalog phrase paglaladlad ng kapa ("unfurling the cape"), or more commonly just paglaladlad ("unfurling" or "unveiling") refers to the coming-out process. Tibo, T-Bird and tomboy are derogatory terms for butch lesbians just as bakla is for effeminate gay men. Some lesbians, both butch and femme, use the terms magic or shunggril to refer to themselves. Neutral slang terms for gay men include billy boy, badette, bading, and paminta (straight-acting gay man). While many of these terms are generally considered derogatory, they are sometimes used casually or jokingly within the Filipino gay and lesbian community. For example, gay men often refer to their gay friends as bakla when talking to each other. Gay men in the Philippines, especially those who are out, speak to each other using a colorful language that they invented, mixing...
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...Masculinity; Not Something for the Average Joe Take one look at a male biker, bodybuilder, or surfer and see if you can’t avoid at least some feeling of intimidation. Most people, men in particular, cannot overcome this challenge. The majority of men, despite what they may say, can’t help but to develop a sense of discomfort when put in the presence of these distinct figures. But what gives these iconic men such an intimidation factor? Is it a physical characteristic such as huge biceps or an abundance of tattoos? Or could it be an inner quality like the carefree, rebellious mindset shared by these men? Perhaps the source lies beyond internal and external traits. Maybe we shouldn’t be so interested in these people, but rather the surrounding components that define them as bikers, bodybuilders, and surfers. These can be identified as the motorcycles, surfboards, dumbbells, and accessories that make these men who they are. It is through these machines that an overwhelming amount of masculinity can be depicted as the result of superhuman performances and accomplishments caught on camera, leaving other men questioning their manliness and inspiring a desire to achieve such a level of masculinity. The W170 Bodies in Motion: Surfers, Bikers, and Bodybuilders Photo Archive contains numerous pictures that give a closer look at these groups. One of these photos features a group of about eighteen bikers standing around their motorcycles, unaware of the picture being taken. By including...
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...Man or women? This was a common question asked after only a brief look at Jess Goldberg, the protagonist in Leslie Feinberg’s novel Stone Butch Blues. Each person is born to a specific sex, male or female. Some people in society stray from the norms and become gender variant. Jess’s gender variant life style along with her religion, Judaism, paved the way for an extremely difficult and confusing upbringing. Throughout the novel, Jess encounters many situations that make her uncomfortable due to the ignorance of most of those around her. Jess’s endeavors as a gender variant female allows Feinberg to appeal to the readers emotions, by portraying the obstacles and misconceptions she encounters on a daily basis. Secondly, in the women’s clinic Feinberg introduces the doctor who establishes some type of hope in what seemed to be a hopeless environment. Finally, Feinberg appeals to the reader’s understanding of how uneducated and untrained health and service professionals were at this time and place. Emotions are something bred into humans reguardless of sex, race, ethnicity, or anything else. Jess has a roller coaster of emotions throughout the novel. Many of the reoccurring emotions occur at the womens clinic. Jess had an unsafe and uncontrollable irriation in her genital region. She sucked up her pride and went to a womens clinic where she wasn’t greeted with much respect. Jess is often misunderstood by the common eye, when Jess told the receptionist her reason for visiting...
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...Jess and the other gender variant and transgender characters of the novel Stone Butch Blues are forced to face and endure a multitude of violent acts. The incessant and guaranteed nature of these events speaks to the society’s acceptance and, in many cases, support of the mistreatment of those who identify as anything but heterosexual. Although I do believe the novel does support Feinberg’s overall message that society’s gender categories should be broader and greater than male/female, the morose and despondent acceptance that trans-people display throughout the novel make it difficult for the reader to expect any positive changes among the gender variant and transgender community and how it is seen by society as a whole. In many scenes throughout the novel, Feinberg presents the static derision that the general public feels toward the non-heterosexual people through slanderous remarks and traumatic abuse. In many instances, Feinberg creates scenes in which Jess and the other LGBTQ characters are imperiled with malicious libel as well as assault by strangers. What makes for an even more pessimistic display of society are the innocent bystanders that fail to intervene, even in cases where they believe the mistreatment is wrong. During one scene, Feinberg places Jess in a situation where she is confronted by a group of strangers at a pizzeria who assault her and destroy her motorcycle. “One of the guys blocked the only exit. I pushed past him real hard and ran outside to...
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...Concealed Identity Society is made up of predominately heterosexual people. Our instincts tell us in order to repopulate the world; a man and a woman must reproduce offspring. This is considered to be a social norm; mankind’s very survival depends on it. More recently, society has given people the ability to express themselves in ways they never thought possible. The American Gay Rights Movement in 1924 sparked animosity throughout the nation creating discrimination toward the gay community. This movement brought about significant change; unfortunately, not all people were willing to accept it. People’s resistance to change is usually based on ignorance or the desire to conform in an attempt to avoid becoming an outcast. In the novel, Stone Butch Blues, written by Leslie Feinberg, Jess Goldberg becomes an outcast because of her resistance to conformity. Since Jess was brought up in a straight environment, she grew up confused, without the understanding of her true nature. Her parents rejected her differences due to the fact that they were so focused on society’s view of the social norm. Having no one to confide in, Jess was forced to set out on her own to find people she could connect with and help her to explore identity. This book demonstrates both society’s demand for conformity and the pressures that queer people face in an unjust world; Jess’ success in battling this social pressure inspires people to fight against discrimination and to ensure their pursuit of happiness. ...
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...Jess Goldberg, the protagonist in Leslie Feinberg’s novel, Stone Butch Blues. Each person is born to a specific sex, male or female. Some people in society stray from the norms and become gender variant. Jess’s gender variant life style along with her religion, Judaism, paved the way for an extremely difficult and confusing upbringing. Jess is treated inferiorly upon entering the women’s clinic due to her gender variant qualities, which reflects unequal accessibility to healthcare during the mid and late 20th century. Jess’s endeavors as a gender variant female allow Feinberg to appeal to the readers’ emotions, by portraying the obstacles and misconceptions Jess encounters on a daily basis. Secondly, Feinberg appeals to the reader’s understanding of how uneducated and untrained healthcare professionals are at this time and place. Finally, in the women’s clinic, Feinberg introduces the doctor who establishes a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless environment. Before continuing, it is essential to acknowledge that Feinberg, the author of the novel and mastermind behind the scene is more then qualified to illustrate the struggles that gender variant people endure due to the fact that she herself was a lesbian butch growing up in the 1960s and is a well known LGBT author and activist. Feinberg has published writings on LGBT history in the Workers World newspaper and also won the Lambda Literary Award for Stone Butch Blues. Feinberg establishes pathos by appealing to the readers’...
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...A Famosa – Animal World http://www.afamosa.com/main.php?m=Content&op=page&id=3 Located on 150 acres of pristine surroundings, the A'Famosa Animal World Safari is an amazing wildlife Safari that houses over 150 of the finest species from the animal kingdom. 8th Years, that’s 18th Years of Joy at A’Famosa Resort. We’ve came a very long way from a humble beginning. Here are some interesting fact about A’Famosa Resort. In the year 1992, A’Famosa Resort development project begins with its massive land fills and construction of Golf course. It was carefully crafted with great skill and vision by an Australian golf architect, Ross C. Watson. In the same time, the massive project of constructing Villas, Condos and Hotel begun. The Villas was aspired by the architecture from foreign land where each unit of the Villa are equips with a private swimming pool. In the year of 1996, A’Famosa Resort introduced its very first Theme Park; Water World. The wet park was the visionary of the founder to have a place for family to have fun. The park makes it debut with its 7 storey high slide. A’Famosa Resort had open its gates for million of visitors to the resort ever since then. Year 2001 marks the date for the opening of Animal World Safari. The animal sanctuary was build on a 150-acres land where animals can roam freely. The concept was to build an animal kingdom where visitors will need to hoop on a truck to venture in to the Safari. One year soon after that, year 2002...
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...Ryan Manzo 581640 2:00-3:50pm October 16, 2013 BCA 101 Analytical Report Title Of Film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Year Of Original Release: 1969 Director: George Roy Hill Name Of Studio Releasing The Film: 20th Century Fox Name Of Video Company Releasing The Film: 20th Century Fox Date Of Screening: October 13, 2013 Plot And Structure: It is the late 1890’s in a small town in Wyoming, where Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) are playing cards when Sundance is accused of cheating. Butch convinces the man to tell Sundance to stay or else he wont leave. Sundance then gets up and shoots the mans gun right out of the holster. Butch and Sundance get on their horses and venture off towards the Hole in the Wall. The Hole in the Wall is a place out west where Butch Cassidy’s Hole is the Wall Gang is located. When they arrive, they find that Harvey Logan (Ted Cassidy) has taken over the role of the leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Harvey then challenges Butch to a knife fight to see who gets to be leader of the gang. Butch uses his brain and trickery to defeat Harvey and continue to be the leader of the gang. Butch and the gang then decide to rob the Union Pacific Overload Flyer train twice. The first robbery was successful, the second robbery not so much. They use too much dynamite to get the safe open for the second robbery, which caused the train car to explode and the money to go everywhere. As they were all scrambling...
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...stephen Eng WR 102 Professor Burchett Essay 5 Word Count The Hidden Advantages of Tiger Woods When you think of Louisville sports, you think of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, or Muhammad Ali, who now has a boulevard named for him. You think of all those Louisville Slugger bats or the new minor league baseball stadium, Louisville Slugger Field, with a statue out front of Pee Wee Reese, a local marbles champion who grew up to be the captain and shortstop of the ''Boys of Summer'' Brooklyn Dodgers. But with Tiger Woods in town, golf is suddenly center stage in Louisville as never before. Tiger Woods is a successful American golfer who has made a lot of young people gain tremendous hope in themselves. Tiger started golfing as early as 4 years old and, by the age of 17, he was the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, success is at first, mastering ones skill by achieving at least ten thousand hours of practice at whatever it is you trying to succeed in. Second is one must learn the right skills and be in the right place at the right time is important. Also having a chance/opportunity is a gift that is seized by the people who have the strength and perseverance. In addition to all the above, having great mentors opens the door for one and gives motivation. Woods life is a reflection of his remarkable interesting journey for he achieved the ten thousand hours of hard work took advantage of opportunity, willing to...
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...University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2009 Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television D. Renee Smith University of Tennessee - Knoxville, drsmith@utk.edu Recommended Citation Smith, D. Renee, "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2009. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/10 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by D. Renee Smith entitled "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Communication and Information. Catherine A. Luther, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Michelle T. Violanti, Suzanne Kurth, Benjamin J. Bates Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice...
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